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The Sankat Mochan and Tara Devi temples are situated near this station. The third longest tunnel (No.91) at 992 metres (3,255 ft) is situated on the Shimla end of this station. [17] Jutogh: 89.41 km (55.56 mi) 1,958 m (6,424 ft) This suburb station of Shimla, once served as the transit point for Jutogh Military Cantonment. [17] Summer Hill
Shivalik Deluxe Express on the Kalka–Shimla Railway. The Kalka–Shimla Railway runs between Kalka and Shimla. The railway is 95.66 km (59.44 mi) long, and its gauge is narrow 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). [13] Shimla is the modern capital of Himachal Pradesh [9] [14] and is at an elevation of 2,205 m (7,234 ft) in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Barog is a hill station, near City of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Set in the mountains Barog is just 60 km (37 mi) from Chandigarh on the Kalka-Shimla highway.
Airport- The nearest airports are at Chandigarh (120 km) and Shimla. Shimla Airport is located at Jubbarhati which is 37 km from Kandaghat. Railways- Kalka-Shimla railways, the narrow gauge line is good for coming to Chail. The toy train runs on this World Heritage Site. The nearest railway station to Chail is Kandaghat.
Dane Kennedy, following Monika Bührlein, identifies three stages in the evolution of hill stations in India: high refuge to hill station, and hill station to town. The first settlements started in the 1820s, primarily as sanitoria. In the 1840s and 1850s, there was a wave of new hill stations, with the main impetus being "places to rest and ...
Kiarighat, Himachal Pradesh, India, is a small hill station situated at Kalka-Shimla National Highway, where tourists can stay for a while or stay overnight. The JP university is located at about 8 km from here. Access : Kiarighat is connected by Shimla-Kalka National Highway.
Shimla (8 C, 15 P, 3 F) Pages in category "Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Shimla railway station is located at an altitude of 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) above mean sea level. [2] It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in )-wide narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.